On April 7, 2014, Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (Washington REIT)
announced the appointment of Thomas Q. Bakke as Executive Vice President and
Chief Operating Officer, effective on or about April 21, 2014. In this role, Mr.
Bakke will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of Washington REIT's real
estate operations, including asset management, marketing, leasing, property
management and development.

Mr. Bakke (age 59) joins Washington REIT with more than 25 years in the real
estate industry. Prior to joining Washington REIT, he served as a Senior
Managing Director at Cushman & Wakefield where he was the Market Leader for the
Northern Virginia office since April 2013. From January 2012 to April 2013, Mr.
Bakke was a consultant and operated a non-profit organization. From February
2007 to January 2012, Mr. Bakke held the position of Market Managing Director
for Boston at Equity Office Properties (EOP), a national commercial real estate
owner and (since 2007) a subsidiary of The Blackstone Group. As the market
leader he was responsible for all aspects of owning and operating a $4.5
billion, 12 million square foot Class A office building portfolio in Boston with
concentrations in the Financial District, Back Bay, Cambridge, Waltham and
Burlington. His responsibilities included asset management, marketing, leasing,
property management, construction, redevelopment, acquisitions and dispositions.
Over his 20 plus years at EOP, Mr. Bakke held a variety of other senior
positions with the company and its predecessors including Senior Vice President,
National Leasing, responsible for all marketing and leasing of the company's 150
million square foot national portfolio and Senior Vice President, Field
Operations with responsibilities for all leasing and property operations for
EOP's national portfolio prior the company's public offering in 1997. Prior to
joining EOP in 1991, Mr. Bakke held positions with The Staubach Company and
Coldwell Banker Commercial Real Estate Services (predecessor of CBRE).

Mr. Bakke is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy and has a MBA in
Finance, attending MIT's Sloan School of Management and Golden Gate University.
He spent 14 years in the U.S. Naval Reserve.

Mr. Bakke's annual base salary will be $350,000. Mr. Bakke will participate in
Washington REIT's short-term incentive plan (STIP) and long-term incentive plan
(LTIP) at the Executive Vice President level. For a complete description of the
STIP and LTIP, please refer to pages 14-30 of Washington REIT's definitive proxy
statement filed with the SEC on March 28, 2014. Mr. Bakke will also be awarded
$100,000 in restricted share units (RSUs) on his first date of employment. These
RSUs will vest in three equal installments over a three-year period while he
remains employed, on the first, second and third anniversaries of such date. Mr.
Bakke's remaining employment arrangements are consistent with Washington REIT's
executive compensation program, as described on pages 14-30 of Washington REIT's
definitive proxy statement filed with the SEC on March 28, 2014.

The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the
complete employment letter, a copy of which will be filed with the SEC.